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  1. Hello Mick, thanks for the words of encouragement. Whilst I seemed to have made up my mind about the type of layout I envisaged I am not so sure now. Problem is that I have a long narrow garden which is nearly flat but not quite, if Put track close to the ground I think it may turn out boring as it is mostly grass with a few large shrubs and various features like a water feature and a rather small attempt at an Italian forum area which already seem to crowd the areas in some ways by making it even narrower. I am now thinking would it be better to build my railway as table-top modules which I can dismantle when not using and store in shed I think I could get a decent layout into a 20' x 6' oblong and I could then populate it with more scenery than I could if I put it at ground level. I would also like to know would I need to use Styrofoam underlay along with cork under the track or could I use strips of roofing felt under the track. I really do need some advice / help please. Any ideas welcome.
  2. Hello All, First post to this forum as I have only recently started in model rail, I used to be in model aircraft. I am planning a garden railway so I can have a reasonable track to run my recently bought trains on but need advice. I would like to have three separate circuits eventually so I can run 2 X Live Steam Hornby "00" Gauge and 1 x dcc track. I have seen a layout on ebay done with a base of square section downpipe topped with ply and roofing felt and thought this was a good idea. Is it? Also to accommodate what will eventually be 6 lines side by side how wide will the track bed need to be. I have approx. 50 foot x 10ft area to play with and envisage a layout like a large L shape with a loop at each end. What sort of diameter will my loops have to be to accommodate longish coaches and Double tender Flying Scotsman.???? Any advice greatfully received. P.S. I already have about 250 foot of track.
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